Disco de G-Unit: “T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) [PA]”

I'm not going to jump on anyone who gave a lame review, cause different people have different tastes. G-unit is hot (still), but they're not the best. What some people need to understand is it's not even about that anymore. I say that because I can't compare a product like this to the "ringtone" era, which is "killing" me and all music by the minute. This album does nothing more than serve as a reminder that true Hip Hop Artists still exist. That's what these guys are. (You can tell, cause their videos are horrible lol). But like them or not, sit back and look at how they operate...like a well oiled machine. In 5 1/2 years they have 10 studio albums between them...11 if you count The Games. Don't even ask me how many mixtapes they have between them; Which finally brings me to the album. They completely bring the raw mixtape vibe. good lyrics that paint pictures (like they're supposed to) supported by sick, pounding loops/beats. Really, nothing fancy at all, but done to perfection./ Real qucik on Young Buck. I'm pissed about the whole thing. To me, he'll always be G-Unit, not just someone signed to G-Unit Records. Bank$ is the sickest though. / Anyhow if you want brief lesson in Hip Hop, something to bump while driving, or something to chill to while playin' pool, pick this up.

G-Unit's second studio album "T.O.S." starts off with a bang. The first track, Straight Outta Southside, is about as good a song as G-Unit has ever put out. An insane beat with great rapping from all on board. However, every other song after this seems to lead a sleepwalk through 60 minutes of boring rap. Yeah, most of the songs are OK, but none of them really excited me. Overall, the beats on the album are good. There's just something about it that doesn't give me the feeling that "Beg for Mercy" did.

I'm sure most G-Unit fans out there will want to kill me for this review, but I am a big G-Unit fan myself. 50's early stuff, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo are all damn good rappers on their own. However, with this much time in between albums, I thought the group could've done a better job at making some great tracks, not some weak ones.

*Update: after further listening, I would probably have rated it 3 stars, but my review stays the same. I still think the strongest parts of the album are Banks and Yayo. The beats are (mostly) good. They just don't put it all together like I expected them to.

There are 2 or 3 songs on this disc that are kind of crap, the rest are dope. The Swizz Beatz produced "Get Down" is terrible-don't let anybody tell you different. Same goes for "I like the way she do It." God only knows why that was released as the main single.

Other than that , there is some serious fire on this disc.

production- 10/10

lyrics-6.5/10

rapping-7.5/10

Poor production and mediocre lyrical content...too much Yayo, no diversity, same topic, too many singy songy hooks...Beg For Mercy waaaay better

First off I want to start off by saying I am not a 50/Unit hater, I do not like 50 as a person but I love music and will always buy new albums to get my fix when a new one hits stores. Beg for Mercy was by far a great album in every aspect, from the production to the lyrics. Back then Lloyd and Young Buck had no names for themselves yet this being there first album, and Yayo was in prison(Thank God, that guy is the worst hype man ever) But this album is coming off 4 years of fake beefs (Ja,Fat Joe, Jada, Game, Scarface, T.I., Lil Wayne, the list goes on) and the apparent crumble of the "Units" empire. Everyone from Mobb Deep, to Young Buck, and even trashy Oliver... I mean Olivia were all released from 50's label. Thus creating more anticipation and drama leading to T.O.S. release. I must say I was hoping this would be at least half way decent, bottom line, IT IS NOT! With what seems to be a rush to put together some songs after releasing Buck from the label to prove a point that they could make a good album without him, you can tell this is what happened because the couple songs that do feature Buck state on the album Ft. Young Buck... It just lacks in overall sound. It is not only the same lyrics we are all use to hearing on mostly every rap song in the last decade, but it is done over horrible beats with the exception of maybe 3 songs, and done very sloppy on every other level. If I could give this 0 Stars I would, I regret spending money on this album BUT since I am a collector this will go into the cd book and it will sit there, while its counter part Beg For Mercy gets played on occasion.